Structure de pions

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Pions doublés	—	—
Pions isolés	—	—
Arriérés	—	—
Chaînes	● g2→f3, f3→e4	—
Passés	—	—
Majorité	● aile dame 3v2	—

Cases

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Cases fortes	—	—
Cases faibles	—	● d5
Centre	● d4 (2v1)	● e4 (2v1)

Colonnes et diagonales

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Semi-ouvertes	● d	● c

Pièces

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Bc1	● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bf1	● Bf1 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bc8		● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Bf8		● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5)
Paire de fous	● Oui	● Oui
Non développées	5 (● b1, ● c1, ● f1, ● a1, ● h1)	5 (● b8, ● c8, ● f8, ● a8, ● h8)

Sécurité du roi

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Statut	● Au centre	● Au centre
Droits de roque	O-O / O-O-O	O-O / O-O-O

Thèmes

	♔ Blancs	♚ Noirs
Phase	Ouverture
Centre	fermé
Ruptures	● c2-c4, ● f3-f4	—

B54o — Sicilian: Prins (Moscow), 5…e5 6.Nb3 d5

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 d5 * ○ Trait aux Blancs

Ouverture — Centre fermé

♔ Point de vue Blancs

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Plans. Bg5 (Fou actif (mobilité 7), Développer c1 — 91 % des parties) ; exd5 (Capture en d5, Occuper le centre — 8 % des parties).

♚ Point de vue Noirs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Plans. ...Be6 (Fou actif (mobilité 5), Développer c8 — 52 % des parties) ; ...d4 (Occuper le centre — 31 % des parties) ; ...dxe4 (Capture en e4, Occuper le centre — 7 % des parties).

Avantages

Faiblesses

Diagonale active

Plans

Partie
1939 Margate Premier Reserves A – Round 10 – Brierley, William Leonard – 1/2-1/2 – Landau, Salo – G14 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+
1944 Moskou ch-URS – Round 1 – Khavin, Abram Leonidovich – 1-0 – Veresov, Gavriil – G60 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6
1945 Hastings4546 – Round 4 – Prins, Laura – 0-1 – Denker, Arnold S – G22 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Bc4 Qd7
1946 Leiden (NED Ch prelim II) - Round 4 - Prins, Lodewijk - 1/2-1/2 - Henneberke, Frans - G5 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Bc4 Qd7
1946 London-A – Round 11 – Prins, Laura – 1-0 – Golombek, Harry – G25 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Be7 10. Bc4 Qd7
1949 Trencianske Teplice – Round 18 – Prins, Laura – 1/2-1/2 – Ujtelky, Maximilian – G118 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qd7
1949 URSS (URS Ch, semi final) - Round 1 - Khasin, Abram - 0-1 - Kan, Ilya A - G179 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Qc6
1949 Venice – Round 1 – Prins, Lodewijk – 1/2-1/2 – Kottnauer, Cenek – G10 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4
1949 Venice – Round 2 – Prins, Lodewijk – 1/2-1/2 – Kottnauer, Cenek – G21 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4
1950 Schiavno Zdroj – Round 1 – Foltys, Jan – 1/2-1/2 – Kottnauer, Cenek – G65 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4
1951 Staunton Memorial – Round 12 – Donner, Jan-Hein – 1/2-1/2 – Matanovic, Aleksandar – G88 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3
1952 Ferrara (ITA-ch15) - Round 10 - Paoli, Enrico - 1/2-1/2 - Szabados, Eugenio - G50 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3
1952 Helsinki olm – Round 1 – Cortlever, Nico – 1-0 – Mueller, Karsten, Dr. – G110 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Be7 10. Bc4 Qc6
1952 Helsinki olm – Round 1 – Pachman, Ludek – 1/2-1/2 – Eliskases, Erich – G171 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3
1953 Hoogovens – Round 1 – Cortlever, Nico – 0-1 – Rossolimo, Nicolas – G11 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qd8
1955 Novi Sad – Round 1 – Karaklajic, Nikola – 1/2-1/2 – Rabar, Braslav – G18 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3
1955 URSS (USSR) - Round 15 - Stolyar, Danu Mikh - 1/2-1/2 - Lisitsin, Georgy - G40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qd7
1957 Soemmerda (DDR Ch 08th) - Round 16 - Raetsch, Heinz - 1-0 - Zirngibl, Albert - G103 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Bc4 Qd7
1958 Sarajevo (YUG Ch 13th) - Round 4 - Ivkovic, Dusan - 1/2-1/2 - Lukic, Arsenije - G23 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5
1959 Kragujevac ch14-YUG – Round 1 – Ivkovic, Dusan – 0-1 – Gligorić, Svetozar – G61 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. c4 Bb4+
1959 Minden (FRG Team Ch fin) - Round 2.1 - Kieninger, Georg - 1/2-1/2 - Lohsse, Hans Peter - G5 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qd2 Qxd2+
1960 Sao Paulo zt – Round 1 – Engels, Ludwig – 1-0 – Canabrava, Antonio – G7 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qd8
1962 Amsterdam (IBM) - Round 1 - Kieninger, Georg - 1/2-1/2 - Donner, Jan-Hein - G9 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qd2 Qxd2+
1962 Argentina – Round 1 – Abarca Torres, Ronaldo Manuel – 0-1 – Rubinetti, Jorge – G9 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. Bd3 O-O
1962 Correspondance (Corr BdF) - Round 1 - Walther, Edgar - 1-0 - Dario Seiler - G3 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Be7 10. Bc4 Qc6
1962 Correspondance (Corr BdF) - Round 1 - Walther, Edgar - 1-0 - Hamm, Abella - G2 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Be7 10. Bc4 Qd7
1963 Beverwijk – Round 1 – Kieninger, Georg – 1-0 – Cuijpers, Frans Andre – G10 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4
1968 Hastings6869 – Round 4 – Kottnauer, Cenek – 1-0 – Smejkal, Jakub – G21 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Qd8
1968 Lugano ol (Men) fin-B – Round 13 – Prins, Lodewijk – 1-0 – Niedermayr, Horst – G43 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Be7 10. Bc4 Qc6
1968 Lugano olm - Round 1 - Prins, Laura - 1-0 - Niedermayr, Horst - G391 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Be7 10. Bc4 Qc6
1968 Riga (URS Team Ch) - Round 1 - Nei, Iivo - 1/2-1/2 - Karner, Hillar - G129 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. Ne2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Bc4 Qd7
2015 Khanty-Mansiysk (KM FIDE GP) - Round 3.2 - Grischuk, Alexander - 1/2-1/2 - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - G13 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bb5 Bb4+
41. Olympiad Open 2014 – Round 9.6 – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro – 1/2-1/2 – Cheparinov, Ivan – G663 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6
42. Olympiad 2016 – Round 2.25 – Salgado Lopez, Ivan – 1/2-1/2 – Andersen, Mads – G111 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5
Champions Showdown Blitz 2016 – Round 12.2 – Topalov, Veselin – 0-1 – Nakamura, Hikaru – G24 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5
World Blitz 2016 – Round 3.42 – Stratonowitsch, Andre – 0-1 – Volokitin, Andrei – G129 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6
World Blitz 2021 – Round 5.69 – Ponkratov, Pavel – 1-0 – Aditya Mittal – G312 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nbd7

B54o — Prins (Moscow) (1939)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 d5

Les coups candidats

7.Bg5 — 90.7% (1086 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Kasparov, Sergey (16x), Varga, Zo (12x), Varga, Zoltan (11x), Bokros, Albert (9x), Acero Bermudez, Sergio Andres (8x), Barron, Michael (7x), Blazeka, Matej (6x), Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (6x)

7.exd5 — 8.5% (102 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Varga, Zo (5x), Zalys, Ignas (2x), Schwarz, Heinrich (2x), Collins, Richard (2x), Kneale, Frank K (2x), Benmesbah, Natacha (2x), Ambartsumova, Karina (2x), Rosado Perez, Maria Jose (2x)

7.Bb5+ — 0.4% (5 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Saulina, Varvara (1x), Rozhkov, Viacheslav (1x), Randolph, Donald (1x), Diele, Ralf (1x), Huynh Mai Phuong Dung (1x), Koh, Jonathan (1x), Piraquive, Alberto (1x), Arboleda, Juan Manuel (1x)

7.Nc3 — 0.3% (3 parties)

Ambassadeurs : Damian, Pavel (1x), Ristea, Tudor (1x), Vahdatian, Davood (1x), Shahisavandi, Mohammadhadi (1x), Naby, Saiid A. (1x), Yaser, Kareim (1x)

Analyse statistique des coups candidats

Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)

Tranche Elo	N parties	7.Bg5	7.exd5	7.Bb5+	7.Nc3
<1800	51	75%	25%	—	—
1800-2200	440	88%	11%	1%	0%
2200-2600	606	95%	4%	0%	0%
2600+	20	100%	—	—	—

Évolution par décennie (% des parties)

Décennie	N parties	7.Bg5	7.exd5	7.Bb5+	7.Nc3
1950s	26	88%	12%	—	—
1960s	16	88%	12%	—	—
1970s	5	—	100%	—	—
1980s	9	67%	33%	—	—
1990s	70	94%	4%	—	1%
2000s	245	87%	11%	1%	—
2010s	400	90%	9%	0%	0%
2020s	426	94%	6%	—	—

Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)

Coup	2010s	2020s	Δ
7.Bg5	90%	94%	▲ +4.1%
7.exd5	9%	6%	▼ -3.1%
7.Bb5+	0%	0%	-0.5%
7.Nc3	0%	0%	-0.5%

Joueurs célèbres

Champions du monde dans cette position

Kramnik, Vladimir — 2 parties

Parties historiques

7.Bg5 — 90.7% (1086 parties)

1950 — Rivise, Irving vs Spiller, Arthur R — 0-1 — Hollywood, CA
1950 — Foltys, Jan vs Kottnauer, Cenek — 1/2-1/2 — Schiavno Zdroj
1951 — Donner, Jan-Hein vs Matanovic, Anto — 1/2-1/2 — Birmingham ENG
1951 — Prins, Lodewijk vs Pirc, Vasja — 1-0 — Bad Pyrmont GER
1951 — Otto, Arnold vs Mueller, Claus — 0-1 — Schwerin GER

7.exd5 — 8.5% (102 parties)

1952 — Guze, Max vs Zalys, Ignas — 1/2-1/2 — Montreal CAN
1953 — Fox, Maurice vs Zalys, Ignas — 1/2-1/2 — Montreal CAN
1954 — Ziembinski, Marian vs Ciejka, Tadeusz — 0-1 — Lodz ch POL
1961 — Ebner, Franz vs Cai, Jeffery — 1/2-1/2 — Meschede
1962 — Rihanna B. Alvarado Torres vs Rubinetti, Jorge — 0-1 — Argentina

7.Bb5+ — 0.4% (5 parties)

2008 — Huynh Mai Phuong Dung vs Koh, Jonathan — 0-1 — Singapore SIN
2009 — Saulina, Varvara vs Rozhkov, Viacheslav — 0-1 — Moscow RUS
2009 — Randolph, Donald vs Diele, Ralf — 0-1 — ICCF
2012 — Tassopoulos, Marios vs Alexiadis, Hristos — 1-0 — Petroupoli
2013 — Piraquive, Alberto vs Arboleda, Juan Manuel — 1-0 — Bogota COL

7.Nc3 — 0.3% (3 parties)

1999 — Damian, Pavel vs Ristea, Tudor — 0-1 — Eforie Nord
2015 — Vahdatian, Davood vs Shahisavandi, Mohammadhadi — 1-0 — Bushehr
2017 — Naby, Saiid A. vs Yaser, Kareim — 1-0 — Alexandria, VA USA